Sausage and Bacon Casserole

Name: Sausage and Bacon Casserole
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 8 pork sausages; 2 garlic cloves; 130 g onions; 20 g olive oil; 100 g smoked bacon; 65 g red wine; 270 g tinned chopped tomatoes; 200 g boiling water; ½ beef stock cube (for 0.5 l); ½ Tbsp dark brown muscovado sugar; 1 ¼ Tbsp tomato purée; 1 ¼ Tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 - 2 ½ sprigs fresh thyme; ½ tsp dried mixed herbs; ¼ tsp fine sea salt; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 320 g tinned cannellini beans; crusty bread